Universal Pictures | Release Date: July 20, 1979 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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The new Dracula is a dazzler, a classic retelling of a classic text. From opening wolf howls through ominous, ambiguous concluding images, it sustains an exciting, witty, erotically compelling illusion of supernatural mystery and terror. [13 Jul 1979, p.E1]
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A splendidly mounted and impressively acted version of the Bram Stoker classic. [09 Jul 1979]
75
Dracula may not be as big a success as it should be - we don't like our myths dissected, after all, and there is an uneasy (but workable) truce in the film between subtle stylization and the demands of the contemporary horror audience for gore. [14 Jul 1979]